A hopeful future - Darran's Story “I can smile again – I have found meaning to my life. I’m around people who understand me and I feel like I have a future again.”
Our strategy is not about just the things we’re doing but the change we’re making in transforming the lives of people with complex mental health needs.
Knowing relatively little about HD, doctors were unsure how to care for him, so he was placed in a home for older people, almost twice his age. There, he grew depressed as he was living with people he had nothing in common with. His depression led him to try and take his own life and he was then placed in our care. After receiving a range of treatment, therapy and activity tailored to his own needs Darran started to rapidly improve and he was then moved into assisted living accommodation. Our aim is that we continue to inspire hope for people like Darran who was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease (HD), a relatively rare condition which damages brain nerve cells.
Having found hope he has now become a huge advocate for raising awareness of HD.
“In the future my hope is that we can give more people like me an equal voice to drive change, reduce stigma and raise awareness of complex conditions. I know by all working together we can make a positive difference to people’s lives.”
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